Preparing for Life After Grad School

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Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (produced by Erica Bennett, an M.A. student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama) talks with an early career scholar now looking for work in academia, a senior scholar with a view from the inside, and those who either earned their doctorate and established a career outside the university or those who decided early on that graduate work was not their preferred career path.

June 4, 2026

Turning IBM's Culture Massively Around

Phil Gilbert

Hosted by Julie Anixter and Dan Hill

Phil Gilbert is best known for leading IBM’s transformation as their General Manager of Design, a project that updated the work of 400,000 IBM employe…

December 30, 2022

Life After Grad School both Inside and Outside Academia (Part 4)

Shannon Trosper Schorey

Hosted by Erica Bennett

Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (pro…

December 29, 2022

Life After Grad School Both Inside and Outside Academia (Part 3)

Jared Powell

Hosted by Erica Bennett

Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (pro…

December 28, 2022

Life After Grad School Both Inside and Outside of Academia (Part 2)

Pamela K. Gilbert

Hosted by Erica Bennett

Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (pro…

December 27, 2022

Life After Grad School both Inside and Outside Academia (Part 1)

Bradley J. Sommer

Hosted by Erica Bennett

Inspired by Bradley Sommer’s tweet this past summer about the ongoing challenges of the Humanities job market in the U.S., this four part podcast (pro…